Liftshare says nearly two-thirds of its total site visits were in the last week
A website facilitating carpooling has seen a drastic increase in the number of people on the Isle of Man using it since the start of the bus strikes.
Liftshare.com has been operating here since September last year after being approached by the Manx government.
Since then, it's had 1,611 hits from the Island, 1,024 of which were in the last week.
Amy Young from there says it's had a marked impact:
More strike action is expected to take place from Friday if Unite the Union and Bus Vannin can't reach an agreement.
You can read more about the planned action here.

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